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Micron Technology, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures and markets DRAMs, NAND flash memory, CMOS image sensors, other semiconductor components, and memory modules for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, and mobile products. Micron's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit www.micron.com.

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    In November 2007 - said it would launch a family of SATA flash SSDs in Q1 2008.

    Their 2.5" SSDs marketed under the Crucial SSD brand are also available in an external enclosure or with a 3.5" mounting kit.

    Their Lexar brand SSDs include ExpressCards for notebooks.

    In February 2008 - Intel and Micron Technology unveiled details of their new high speed NAND flash technology which can sustain speeds up to 200MB/s for reads and 100MB/s for writes.

    In April 2008 - Micron and Nanya Technology announced they were each investing $550 million in cash in a new joint venture.
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